The Essential Works: Ethics - Subjectivity and Truth Vol 1 - Hardcover

Michel Foucault

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0713991631 ISBN 13: 9780713991635

Publisher: Allen Lane, 1997

Synopsis

The definitive edition of Foucault's articles, interviews, and seminars.

Few philosophers have had as strong an influence on the twentieth century as Michel Foucault. His work has affected the teaching of any number of disciplines and remains, twenty years after his death, critically important. This newly available edition is drawn from the complete collection of all of Foucault's courses, articles, and interviews, and brings his most important work to a new generation of readers.

Edited by Paul Rabinow, Ethics contains the summaries of Foucault's renowned courses at the Collège de France, paired with key writings and interviews on friendship, sexuality, and the care of the self and others.

About this title

About the Author

Michel Foucault (1926–1984) was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. He held a chair in the history of systems of thought at the Collège de France and lectured at universities throughout the world. The New Press has published his books Aesthetics, Method, and Epistemology; Ethics; Power; The Essential Foucault; and The Chomsky-Foucault Debate (with Noam Chomsky). Foucault’s other books include Madness and Civilization, Discipline and Punish, The Order of Things, and The History of Sexuality.

Paul Rabinow is a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. His previous books include Anthropos Today, French DNA and French Modern.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

Edition details

• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0713991631
• ISBN 13: 9780713991635
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 334
• Editor: Paul Rabinow